The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame selects and inducts individuals from all facets of the mining industry. They have two things in common: their significant and lasting impact on Canada’s mining industry, and through their achievements, their contribution to the high standard of living shared by all Canadians.
1995
Egil H. Lorntzsen (1908 – 1997)
The scarcity of jobs during the Depression years prompted a young Egil Lorntzsen to pursue a prospecting career, starting in the Bridge Ri...
1995
Georges H. Dumont (1911 – 1999)
Mining engineer and geologist Georges H. Dumont has truly earned his place among the great contemporary discoverers. A pioneer of the Queb...
1995
David G. Burchell (1909 – 1994)
David Burchell was a pioneer in Canadian coal mining. He was an explorer, with five underground coal mines to his credit. He was a builder...
1995
Archibald M. Bell (1906 – 1991)
Archibald Bell contributed to the development of several mines during the course of an illustrious career that epitomizes the progress mad...
1994
William S. Row (1904 – 1984)
The Kerr Addison mine near Virginiatown, Ontario ranks among the top gold mines in Canada, producing at its peak more than half a million ...
1994
Charles E. Michener (1907 – 2004)
An imaginative exploration philosophy, sound academic approach and the resolute perseverance of a risk taker - these were the qualities th...
1994
John Kostuik (1911 – 2004)
John Kostuik exemplified the rough and ready ways of the hard-rock miner. A mining engineer, he cut his teeth by somehow managing to eke o...
1994
Robert J. Jowsey (1881 – 1965)
In his day, Robert J. Jowsey was known as the dean of mine makers. He was indeed a charter member of Canadian mining, a true, “dog-team ...
